{"id":7292,"date":"2017-04-09T11:58:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T16:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=7292"},"modified":"2017-04-09T11:58:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T16:58:54","slug":"british-foreign-secretary-boris-johnson-cancels-russia-trip-after-us-strikes-on-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/7292\/","title":{"rendered":"British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson cancels Russia trip after US strikes on Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7293\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7293\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/201749121533253599181_British-Foreign-Secretary-Boris-Johnson-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/201749121533253599181_British-Foreign-Secretary-Boris-Johnson-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/201749121533253599181_British-Foreign-Secretary-Boris-Johnson.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>France 24, April 9, 2017 &#8211;<\/strong> UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Saturday he had cancelled a visit to Moscow on the heels of US-launched missile strikes on Syria and what he called \u201cRussia\u2019s continued defense of the Assad regime\u201d.<br \/>\n&#8216;Developments in Syria have changed the situation fundamentally,&#8217; Johnson said in a statement.<br \/>\nJohnson condemned Russia\u2019s continued support for Syrian President Bashar Assad &#8216;even after the chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians&#8217;, which killed at least 86 people, including 27 children, on Tuesday.<br \/>\nThe British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs had planned to travel to Russia on April 10 on a visit intended to start fresh dialogue with the Russian government.<br \/>\n&#8216;My priority is now to continue contact with the US and others in the run-up to the G7 meeting on 10-11 April &#8212; to build coordinated international support for a ceasefire on the ground and an intensified political process,&#8217; Johnson said.<br \/>\nUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans meet with G-7 foreign ministers in Europe next week before going on to Moscow.<br \/>\nJohnson says Tillerson will be able to give a &#8216;clear and coordinated message to the Russians.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>(FRANCE 24 with REUTERS, AP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>France 24, April 9, 2017 &#8211; 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